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Brunner and Suddarth’s Textbook of Medical-Surgical
Nursing 13/e 2 Vol Set
TBA ● 2238 Pages ● 750 illust. ● Paperback ● 2014 ● TBA
Suzanne C. Smeltzer RNC, EdD, FAAN | Professor & Director, Center for Nursing
Research, Villanova University college of Nursing, Villanova, Pennsylvania
Primary Market: BSc Student (3rd Year)
Features:
 NEW! Concept Mastery Alerts clarify difficult concepts, informed by data from
Misconception Alert questions in PrepU for Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-
Surgical Nursing, 12e.
 NEW! Quality and Safety Nursing Alerts build upon previous edition’s Nursing Alerts to
highlight issues related to quality and safety nursing care.
 NEW! The updated unit openers include new Case Studies with QSEN Competency Focus to
highlight a competency and related knowledge, skills, and attitudes. Additional
information for these case studies related to NANDA-I, NIC, NOC and the nursing process is
available online.
 NEW! Prioritization Questions have been added to the Critical Thinking Exercises.
 UPDATED! Genetics Charts and Ethical Dilemma Charts have been revised to reflect the
latest advances in the field.
 UPDATED! Critical care information has been updated to further the authors' goal to have
the most up-to-date and clinically relevant content on critical care throughout the book.
 EXPANDED! Expanded coverage of obesity, highlighted with a new icon, focuses on this
epidemic health problem in our society.
 STEAMLINED! The Table of Contents has been reorganized for a more logical sequence and
flow.
 REVISED! The accompanying Study Guide now features reorganized content and revised
questions.
 Nursing Process sections, Plans of Nursing Care, and Critical Care sections
 More than 2,900 NCLEX-style review questions
 Assessment Charts, Risk Factor Charts, Guidelines Charts, Genetics in Nursing Practice
Charts, Patient Education Charts, Health Promotion Charts, Ethics and Related Issues
Charts, and Pharmacology Charts and tables.
 Gerontologic Considerations sections, Physiology/Pathophysiology figures, and Home Care
Checklists
 Nursing Research Profiles and EBP questions help students learn the importance of
evidence-based practice.
 Concepts in Action Animations bring anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology concepts to
life.